TAGUM SUR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

TAGUM SUR, TRINIDAD, BOHOL

First Periodical Test in 21st Century Literature 11

(S.Y. 2019-2020)

General Instructions: Read each item carefully and write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheets.

1. This is told to explain a belief, a practice, or natural phenomenon.

a. Legend b. myth c. epic d. folktale
2. When did the Japanese attacked the Manila during the American – Japanese Periods?
a. December 8, 1941
b. December 18, 1942
c. December 18, 1940
d. December 8, 1940
3. The short story “May Day Eve” by Nick Joaquin which was published in 1947 was about
__________?
a. Democratic society
b. Matriarchal society
c. Patriarchal society
d. Pre-hispanic society
4. Who was known with the penname Doveglion?
a. F. Sionil Jose
b. Carlos Angeles
c. Virgilio Almario
d. Jose Garcia Villa
5. High Zoociety by Virgilio Almario refers to _______?
a. Modernist poets
b. Literary criticism
c. Rich and powerful
d. Gap between the well educated people
6. A Textula is a poetry written on a mobile phone ad was popularized by _______?
a. Amador T. Daguio
b. Germino Abad
c. Frank Rivera
d. Adonis Durado
7. What do you call the practical observations and philosophy of everyday life that are
written usually in a rhyming scheme?
a. Folksongs
b. Fables
c. Proverbs
d. Tales
8. The following are the themes and subjects of the literature written by American and
Japenese EXCEPT ________?
a. Poltics
b. Fantasy
c. Religious faith
d. Leadership
9. Some works are written in the postwar and contemporary period EXCEPT______?
a. The Return
b. Waywaya
c. High Zoociety
d. May Day Eve
10. Who was the creator of ZsaZsa Zaaturnnah?
a. Carlo Vergara
b. Carlos Vergara
 c. Joey Paras
d. Kalila Aguilos
11. Contemporary means ________?
a. Living in the past
b. Occurring in the present
c. Talking about future
d. Connections to events

12-14. Identify the following definition.

a. Elements
b. Traditions
c. Structures

12. Includes the rhyme scheme, meter, and word sounds

13. The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of
being passed on this way
14. Includes stress or accent, foot, meter, and stanza
15. Ralph Semino Galan wrote a poem about the justice system in the Philippines entitled _______?
a. Philippine Justice c. Justice
b. Freedom d. Justice in the Philippines
16-25. Identify the authors of the following literary works.
a. Alejandro Roces
b. Nick Joaquin
c. Edith Tiempo
d. Jose Garcia Villa
e. Rolando S. Tinio
f. Francisco Arellana
g. Carlos Quirino
h. Amado Hernandez
i. F. Sionil Jose
j. Cirilo Bautista

16. Summer Suns

17. The Pretenders
18. My Brothers Peculiar Chicken
19. Footnote to Youth
20. Orosman at Zafira
21. Death in a Factory
22. Maps and Books of Old Manila
23. Bonsai
24. May Day Eve
25. Langaw sa Isang Baso ng Gatas

26. An award winning poet born in Maribojoc, Bohol.

a. Amador Daguio c. Frank Rivera
b. b. Adonis Durado d. Marjorie Evasco
27. A long narrative poem about the death of Christ
a. Sinakulo b. Pasyon c. Sarswela d. Korido
28. Which of the following refers to creative, imaginative and endruing expression of
significant human experience in words well-chosen and arrange?
a. Literature b. experience c. culture d. emotion
29. Who wrote the poem Gabu?
a. Ralph Galan c. Adonis Durado
b. Carlos Angeles d. Anthony Incon
30. Who wrote the poem Sa Imung Pagsuroy sa Lasang?
a. Frank Rivera c. Anthony Incon
b. Carlos Angeles d. Ralph S. Galan
 31-40 TRUE or FALSE
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

31. The word literature is derived from the Latin word litera which means letter.
32. We can appreciate something we can’t understand.
33. Literature and history are closely interrelated.
34. Literature as an art is the creation of individuals and it is experienced by
individuals.
35. Wherever there are people there will be literature
36. Virgilio Almario is awarded as National Artist for Literature in the year 1999.
37. Summer Solstice is also know as “ Tadtadtarin”
38. Guido was a student studying from other country who happened to be Paeng’s
nephew.
39. Symbols are important to poems because it helps us to comprehend deeply.
40. Entoy is Paeng’s cousin who studied in Europe.

41-48. Figure of Speech

a. Metaphor
b. Assonance
c. Irony
d. Personification
e. Anaphora
f. Apostrophe
g. Paradox
h. Hyperbole
i. Metonymy

41. "This is the beginning of the end," said Eoyrie , always the pessimist
42. That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don't handle it safely
43. "All the world's a stage."
44. Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong day
45. "Oh, I love spending big bucks," said my dad, a notorious penny pincher.
46. “I cried a bucket full of tears”
47. How now, brown cow
48. Oh, you stupid car, you never work when I need you to," Bert sighed.

Good Luck and God Bless.

Ms. R.A. Credo